I agree fully with you. You can't love music when you're not hearing it in it's entirety.

If you love your dog you take it for lots of walks, feed it the best food and spend whatever is needed for its health and happiness.

Music should be the same. Get yourself some lossless/320 kbps MP3's and some kind of decent means to hear it ie. $100 headphones.

I always laugh when I see people listening to 128kbps through earbuds. How could anyone love that?!? However, love is a subjective thing...seems strange to me but I suppose if you don't know any better...

It has nothing to do with spending lots of money or huge systems. Just put a little bit of effort in, and get a whole lot back out.